Chanute and Coffeyville Weigh Interconnected Power System
Chanute and Coffeyville discuss interconnecting their municipal power plants via KG&E transmission lines to share capacity. The plan estimates 7500 kw rentals at 4.00 per kw yearly totaling 30 000 a year with equal division. Both cities would build substations and may cancel after seven years with 30 months notice.
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Chanute
Coffeyville
Kansas Gas and Electric Co
City Commission
Kg&e
Union Shop Bill Appears To Be Blocked
Washington AP reports labor leaders and President Johnson face a setback as the Senate fails to invoke cloture on a House passed union shop repeal bill. The 47-45 vote suggests organized opposition can block final passage in 1966, prompting possible dilution to include new federal civil rights restrictions to muster support and overcome filibusters.
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Washington
Johnson
Senate
Patrolman On Spot Foils Bank Heist in Kansas City
Patrolman Charles Forgey on a routine stop near Brotherhood State Bank spotted a bank robbery in progress. He confronted Joseph L. Barker as he fled with a roll of bills and a toy pistol. Barker was charged with robbing the bank of 3900 dollars. Forgey had previously nabbed a bandit nearby last December.
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Kansas City
Kan
Charles Forgey
Forgey
Brotherhood State Bank
8Th
Minnesota
Joseph L. Barker
Barker
Farm Bill Sets Production and Price Controls for Key Crops
Senate ready to approve a four year farm program introducing direct treasury payments to cotton growers and set production and price controls for cotton dairy wheat feed grains rice wool and retirement of surplus cropland. Cost about 4 billion for 1966 crop year with potential savings of 300 to 400 million from recent years. House backed the measure 219 to 150.
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Washington
Senate
Treasury
Agriculture Department
House
Secretary of Agriculture
Viet Cong Fight Push in Central Highlands
Thousands of U S combat troops press the Viet Cong hunt in South Viet Nam's central highlands as the Communist Zone yields evasive results. The action focuses on securing the central highlands amid ongoing operations against Viet Cong forces.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Central Highlands
U.S. 1St Cavalry
Soui la Tinh
Zone D
U.S. 173Rd Airborne Brigade
Iron Triangle
Chanute Kiwanis elects new officers amid bond vote support
Ronald F. Sutcliffe of 126 S Steuben is named Kiwanis Club president for the coming year. Other officers include Jack Brown as first vice president Wilbur Allison as second vice president and Bob McLaren as treasurer. Directors elected are Bill Baldwin Don Beach Chig Erickson Louis Gerken Dick Hadsall Paul Parsons and Billy LaRue. The club backs a yes vote on Oct 26 bond measures for junior high and junior college.
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Ronald F. Sutcliffe
S. Steuben
Chanute Kiwanis Club
Bill Wolfe
Jack Brown
Wilbur Allison
Bob McLaren
Bill Baldwin
Don Beach
Chig Erickson
Louis Gerken
Dick Hadsall
Paul Parsons
Billy LaRue
October Term Of Court Opens In Neosho County
The Neosho county district court opened its October term with docket calls to set trial dates. Erie will begin its term tomorrow.
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Neosho County District Court
Erie
Cinotto resigns from Independence Juco after 19 years
Fred Cinotto, dean principal of Independence Junior College and Independence high school for 19 years, announces his resignation effective November 1. He will become curriculum coordinator at Missouri Southern College in Joplin, Missouri, as the college plans to become a four year institution in 1968.
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Independence, Kan
Fred Cinotto
Independence Junior College
Independence High School
Cinotto
Missouri Southern College
Joplin
Autumn Frost Drains Temperatures Across the State
Old Jack Frost moved through the area last night dropping temperatures to 33 degrees near freezing. The forecast calls for a mostly fair period with Mrs warmer air lifting highs to the 70s and lows near 40 by Wednesday, as frost damage hints at the close of the growing season.
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Jack Frost
Hutchinson
Topeka
Turtle Creek
Abilene
Pomona
Goodland
Tribune
Russ Corbitt
Chanute Opens Late Registration For School Bond Election
Ten Chanute voters registered at the city clerk's office last night as part of the first late registration period for the October 26 school bond election. The office stays open until 9 p.m. daily through Friday for Chanute residents to register.
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Chanute
Big Honey Crop Forecast for Kansas in 1948 Heat
The Crop and Livestock Reporting Service predicts Kansas will yield its largest honey crop since 1948, signaling a strong season for beekeepers and related industries across the state.
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Kansas
Topeka
Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Claimed Filibuster in Gossip Row
An intercepted note references a neighbor and a street block dispute about invoking a cloture rule to quiet gossip, while the subject remains in a figurative filibuster. The anecdote centers on neighborhood dynamics rather than formal proceedings.
Janell Smith Chooses College Over Pre-Olympic Run
EMPORIA Kan AP Janell Smith the Kansas Olympic running miss will attend Emporia State College this fall rather than compete in pre Olympic events in Mexico City. The 18 year old from Fredonia plans to balance studies with training and hopes to win a gold in 400 meters at the 1968 games. She holds a 53.4 second 100 meters record and runs the 200 meter relay while carrying 11 scholastic hours toward an elementary education degree.
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Emporia
Kan
Janell Smith
Kansas
Mexico City
Europe
South America
State Department
Smith
Albuquer
Que, N. M
Traffic Fatalities Log In Topeka Counts 1965 Figures
Kansas traffic death tally for the 24 hours ending 9 am Tuesday October 14 1965 lists 24 hour total at 24 hours to 9 am Tuesday with 500 fatalities for the year up to that point compared to 506 in 1964.
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Topeka
Kansas
President Johnson Returns to Room After Gall Bladder Surgery
President Johnson, following doctors orders to the letter, walked outside his room and ate solid food at breakfast as he recovers on schedule from gall bladder surgery at Bethesda Naval Hospital. Press secretary Moyers noted continued progress with gas pains and no official appointments today.
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Washington
Johnson
Bill D. Moyers
Moyers
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Wallace Faces Speech Impediment After Stroke
Former Vice President Henry A. Wallace has been hospitalized since the month’s start at NIH Bethesda. A spokesman said the 77 year old is suffering a speech impediment linked to a recent stroke but is not in serious condition and no major problems are anticipated.
Menninger Receives Honorary Law Degree at Baker University
Dr. Karl Menninger of Topeka was awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree by Baker University in Baldwin Kansas on Monday.
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U.S
Karl Menninger
Baldwin
Kan
Topeka
Baker University
Salt Vault Test Shows Safety of Nuclear Waste Storage
Gov. Avery and state officials observe Oak Ridge led test storing atomic waste in abandoned Lyons salt mine. Radioactive material from Idaho placed in 7.5 foot canisters and lowered 1,000 feet. six month cycles restart with irradiated assemblies.
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Lyons
Kan
William H. Avery
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Idaho
Avery
Lee Mayes
State Environmental Health Services
Topeka
Hutchinson
State Penitentiary and Women’s
Lansing
FBI Urges Emergency Training Expansion at Quantico
The FBI asks Congress for a supplemental 14.763 million dollars to expand the National Academy facilities at Quantico Virginia. The move follows President Johnson's crime message urging more federal aid to bolster state and local training and technical assistance amid rising crime burdens.
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Washington
Johnson
FBI
Congress
National Academy
Quantico
House
Death Stalks 1964 Beauties and Kansas Miss Dies
AP reports Miss Karol Rae Hommon 21 of Hoisington Kansas and Miss Alaska 1964 killed in separate crashes. Hommon fell 200 feet on Mt Sugarloaf while on outing with 30 Smith College students near Amherst. DeWerff 19 of Ellinwood Kansas killed in one car crash six miles SE of Ellinwood while en route to pick up her husband.
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Deerfield
Mass
Karol Rae Hommon
Hoisington
Kan
Alaska
Mt. Sugarloaf
Smith College
Hommon
R. C. Hommon
Anchorage
Ska
Emma Reif
Hoisington, Kan
Ellinwood
Dennis DeWerff
Ottawa
Pratt
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Charles Sweaney
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South Side Tavern
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Sweaney
Kansas Assn. of Municipal Utilities
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H. A. Simmons
The
New Hope Baptist Church
North Viet Nam
Lois Erickson
Ron Sutcliffe
Juco
Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Harry Steeves
S. Central
Cha
Janell
Wallace
Miss
DeWerff
Joan Wilkins
Highway Patrol
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